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Studying language in South Park
The vocal chords of Raleigh’s urban community are being put under the linguistic microscope. Linguists from North Carolina State University, curious about language variation in the city’s population, particularly in the downtown African American community, are sending students into South Park armed with voice recorders and video cameras. They’re interviewing the residents who agree to speak with them about their experiences in the city.
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The Raleigh Police Department issued a silver alert yesterday looking for a 24-year-old man with cognitive impairments. Family members last saw William Gingerich at 5 p.m. Wednesday near the corner of Wade Avenue and Ridge Road.
The Raleigh City Council delayed a vote in support of bike lanes on Hillsborough Street until March. Councilors again pushed the proposed public safety center back two weeks. But it did approve $184,000 to develop a master plan for Moore Square.
A bank filed a lawsuit in late January against John Bruckel and David Iauco, developers of Bloomsbury Estates. The seven story estate is perched on the corner of Boylan and Hargett streets overlooking Raleigh’s cityscape and the convention center’s prismatic oak tree.
Despite Bloomsbury Estates’ striking Second Empire design and downtown location, some potential buyers have shown signs of disappointment. hree complaints have been filed against Brucknell since construction of the condominiums began. Two are still pending and one has been voluntarily dismissed. And then there is the most recent complaint.
The Lightner Center will be back in front of council again this week. Also up: Moore Square redesign, handicapped parking downtown, Hillsborough Street bicycle lanes and a new set of zoning regulations.
The Raleigh City Council’s public works committee members voted unanimously to support bike lanes for Hillsborough Street. If the plan gets final approval from council and the state Department of Transportation, there will be dedicated bike lanes along the section of the street fronting N.C. State University. Photo by Will Butler.
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Wake County’s water quality report card
Tension is rife these days between Raleigh and Durham about Falls Lake water quality. Raleigh contends “its” water source – whose headwaters are located in Durham County – is dirty, getting dirtier and Durham allowed it to get that way.
Dirty water is neither cheap nor easy to clean. Raleigh may have to pay $450M to boost its water treatment plant’s cleaning capacity if Falls get dirtier. Durham likely would pay considerably more to clean Falls Lake. Finger pointing is all very fine, but everybody lives downstream.
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Chemical Safety Board wants new rules after ConAgra explosion»
Members of the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board passed a new set of recommendations to prevent incidents like the explosion at the ConAgra Slim Jim plan last September. Read the full-text recommendations in the latest edition of Sunshine Weekly.
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1883 Election and Ouster of Black Aldermen»
The story of a reconstruction-era election, and the Democrats’ reconstruction of the results.
